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US Elections: a divided government is good for insurers
11 November 2020Joe Biden's win comes after an extended period of uncertainty and division that has clouded US politics. However, division is not the worst enemy of the US insurance industry, but "populist" reforms promised by the Democratic party may well be. Sarfraz Thind reports
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WTW's Rowan Douglas: riding the wave of climate risk awareness
09 November 2020The head of Willis Towers Watson's Climate and Resilience Hub has been on a major hiring spree. He talks to Cintia Cheong about how interest in climate risk has surged and why insurers are demanding advice and analytical tools
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The man mixing Hollywood, insurance and the environment
04 November 2020Terry Tamminen has devoted himself to campaigning for the environment and says insurers have helped. With his star-studded contacts book, he has catalysed huge progress. But there is still so much left to do, he tells Sarfraz Thind
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Eiopa in 2021: more staff, more responsibilities
02 November 2020Europe's insurance authority is hiring nearly 35 more staff as its responsibilities grow. Executive director Fausto Parente explains what they will be doing, in conversation with Christopher Cundy
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ERM plays catchup on digital transformation
29 October 2020Digital transformation has long been heralded as a game changer for the insurance business. However, its impact has mostly been confined to insurers' front-end processes - with risk and capital functions proving more challenging to digitalise. Ronan McCaughey explains
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Applying ERM expertise to limit the spread of Covid-19
21 October 2020What can enterprise risk management experts offer to society in the pandemic? Quite a lot, as Dave Ingram and Dan Ingram explain, in their COVID Mitigation Monitoring Project
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A hot take on the UK's Solvency II call for evidence
20 October 2020Christopher Cundy analyses what the British government is considering changing about its implementation of Solvency II, and what the implications might be for insurers and other stakeholders
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Prudential Financial's Nick Silitch: running his own version of risk
19 October 2020The chief risk officer of the largest US life insurer talks to Sarfraz Thind about how he shaped his role and the risk function, and reveals the impact of the pandemic on the group
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Taking a new direction in life
15 October 2020China Taiping Insurance Singapore, a long-established non-life insurer, has taken the rare step of diversifying into life business. David Walker talks to the man leading the move, Lance Tay
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How actuaries can make a difference on climate risk
14 October 2020Actuaries can play important roles in helping to address the challenges of climate-related risks, according to the International Actuarial Association. Ronan McCaughey reports
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